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News today includes President Cyril Ramaphosa says South African women shouldn’t have to reorganise their lives due to the threat of male violence, as he condemned gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) and announced urgent interventions. Meanwhile, the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda has granted EFF president Julius Malema leave to appeal his conviction on firearm charges. Furthermore, after roughly two months of marriage, the final recommitment ceremony of Married at First Sight Mzansi Season 3 delivered heartbreak, honesty and one very public re-proposal.

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The president emphasised that GBVF doesn’t begin with violence, rape or murder. “It begins in attitudes that regard women as inferior. It begins with the belief that a man has the right to control a woman.

It begins when jealousy is mistaken for love, when control is mistaken for protection and coercion is mistaken for affection,” Ramaphosa said. CONTINUE READING: ‘Women should not have to reorganise their lives due to male violence’ – Ramaphosa on GBVF ‘I still have time on this earth’: Zuma says he won’t die until he changes SA Former president Jacob Zuma. Picture: Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo Former South African president Jacob Zuma said he is not ready to die until he changes the country for the better.

He was speaking at the relaunch of the Jacob Gedleyihlekisa (JG) Zuma Foundation in Durban over the weekend. Zuma told those who were at the event that he often reflects on the state of the country and the injustices of the past. CONTINUE READING: ‘I still have time on this earth’: Zuma says he won’t die until he changes SA High Court gives Malema permission to appeal firearm conviction EFF leader…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South African women shouldn’t have to reorganise their lives due to the threat of male violence, as he condemned gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) and announced urgent interventions. “It begins when a man believes that because he provides financially for a woman, he owns her. It begins when a man believes that because he is powerful, wealthy or influential, he is entitled to a woman’s attention or affection.